βάτος

See also: βατός and Βάττος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bá.tos/ → /ˈβa.tos/ → /ˈva.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bá.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈba.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβa.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/

Etymology 1

Said by Beekes to be a Mediterranean wanderwort; substrate common to μαντία (mantía, “blackberry”) (Dacian loan), and Albanian man (“mulberry”), Gheg mand.

Noun

βᾰ́τος • (bắtos) f (genitive βᾰ́του); second declension

1. blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ βᾰ́τος; τῆς βᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰ́τος hē bắtos	τὼ βᾰ́τω tṑ bắtō	αἱ βᾰ́τοι hai bắtoi
Genitive	τῆς βᾰ́του tês bắtou	τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν toîn bắtoin	τῶν βᾰ́των tôn bắtōn
Dative	τῇ βᾰ́τῳ tēî bắtōi	τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν toîn bắtoin	ταῖς βᾰ́τοις taîs bắtois
Accusative	τὴν βᾰ́τον tḕn bắton	τὼ βᾰ́τω tṑ bắtō	τᾱ̀ς βᾰ́τους tā̀s bắtous
Vocative	βᾰ́τε bắte	βᾰ́τω bắtō	βᾰ́τοι bắtoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βατία (batía)
• βατίον (batíon)
• βατοδρόπος (batodrópos)
• βατόεις (batóeis)
• βᾰ́τον (bắton)
• κῠνόσβᾰτος (kŭnósbătos)

Related terms

• βᾰτῐ́ς (bătĭ́s)

Descendants

• Greek: βάτος (vátos)
• → Amharic: ባጦስ (baṭos)
• → Arabic: بَاطُس (bāṭus)
• → Coptic: ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ (batos)
• ⇒ English: batology
• → Ge'ez: ባጦስ (baṭos), ጳጦስ (p̣aṭos), ጰጦስ (p̣äṭos)
• → Latin: batus
• ⇒ Translingual: Rhinobatos, Aetobatus

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

βάτος • (bátos) m (genitive βάτου); second declension

1. a kind of skate

Declension

Second declension of ἡ βᾰ́τος; τῆς βᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰ́τος hē bắtos	τὼ βᾰ́τω tṑ bắtō	αἱ βᾰ́τοι hai bắtoi
Genitive	τῆς βᾰ́του tês bắtou	τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν toîn bắtoin	τῶν βᾰ́των tôn bắtōn
Dative	τῇ βᾰ́τῳ tēî bắtōi	τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν toîn bắtoin	ταῖς βᾰ́τοις taîs bắtois
Accusative	τὴν βᾰ́τον tḕn bắton	τὼ βᾰ́τω tṑ bắtō	τᾱ̀ς βᾰ́τους tā̀s bắtous
Vocative	βᾰ́τε bắte	βᾰ́τω bắtō	βᾰ́τοι bắtoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 3

From Hebrew בַּת (baṯ).

Alternative forms

• βᾰ́δος (bắdos)

Noun

βᾰ́τος • (bắtos) m (genitive βᾰ́του); second declension

1. bath (a Hebrew liquid measure)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βᾰ́τος; τοῦ βᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βᾰ́τος ho bắtos	τὼ βᾰ́τω tṑ bắtō	οἱ βᾰ́τοι hoi bắtoi
Genitive	τοῦ βᾰ́του toû bắtou	τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν toîn bắtoin	τῶν βᾰ́των tôn bắtōn
Dative	τῷ βᾰ́τῳ tōî bắtōi	τοῖν βᾰ́τοιν toîn bắtoin	τοῖς βᾰ́τοις toîs bắtois
Accusative	τὸν βᾰ́τον tòn bắton	τὼ βᾰ́τω tṑ bắtō	τοὺς βᾰ́τους toùs bắtous
Vocative	βᾰ́τε bắte	βᾰ́τω bắtō	βᾰ́τοι bắtoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βάτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βάτος” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “βάτος” in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάτος. The fish, from βατίς f (vatís)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.tos/

Noun

βάτος • (vátos) m or f (plural βάτοι)

1. bramble
2. (dated, masculine only) a kind of skate fish, superorder Batoidea

   Synonyms: σαλάχι (saláchi), σελάχι (seláchi), ρίνα (rína), (dated) βατί (vatí)

Declension

declension of βάτος (irregular, double gender, double plural)

	singular (masculine-feminine)	plural (masculine-feminine)	plural (neutral)
nominative	ο (o)/η (i) βάτος (vátos)	οι (oi) βάτοι (vátoi)	τα (ta) βάτα (váta)
genitive	του (tou)/της (tis) βάτου (vátou)	των (ton) βάτων (váton)	των (ton) βάτων (váton)
accusative	τον (ton)/τη (ti) βάτο (váto)	τους (tous)/τις (tis) βάτους (vátous)	τα (ta) βάτα (váta)
vocative (ε!)	βάτε (váte)	βάτοι (vátoi)	βάτα (váta)
Singular & plural: masculine and femine. Plural also neutral

Related terms

• βατόμουρο n (vatómouro, “blackberry”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: واطوس (vatos), واطوز (vatoz)
  • Turkish: vatoz
• → Romanian: vatos

Further reading

• βατόμουρο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el